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PHYS 175A - Topics
- Primitive Translational Vectors
- Unit Cell
- Primitive Cell
- Conventional Cell
- Wigner-Seitz Cell
- Common lattice
- Basis and Crystal Structure
- Cubic structure (sc, bcc, fcc)
- Closest Packed (hcp, fcc)
- Crystal Index (plane and direction)
- Reciprocal Lattice Vectors
- Properties of reciprocal lattice
- Bragg diffraction
- Laue Equations
- Ewald Sphere
- Diffraction by a lattice with basis
- Atomic Structure Factor
- Crystal Binding
- Potential Energy
- Van de Waals bonding
- Covalent bonding
- Ionic bonding
- Metallic bonding
- Crystal Vibrations
- Harmonic Oscillators
- Dispersion Relation (phonons)
- Brillouin Zone boundaries
- Coupling Constants
- Polarizations
- Diatomic Dispersion
- Acoustical and Optical Branches
- Neutron Spectroscopy